fishclubgirl Posted July 3, 2012 Author Report Share Posted July 3, 2012 Betta Mistress...muhahahahaha (meant as a compliment of course) Umm no.... I'm the betta "goddess"...and Jamesbarr, I have about 150 betta splendens and if you count my mahachai fry, about 100 or more wild bettas. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catmandu Posted July 3, 2012 Report Share Posted July 3, 2012 So I have a betta pair in the spawn tank, no nest. So I've swapped out the male and hopefully this male gets it. Wild bettas in spawn tank, nothing. BN pairs together for a year, bred once, now nothing. Blue angel pair, you guessed it, nothing. Old pair of angelfish who are a mix of koi and standard who've bred many times, if you guessed nothing, you're wrong. Yes, the fish I don't want to breed, did and I've pulled the eggs. So now, I put together some calico BNs and will keep an eye on my mouthbrooding bettas but knowing my luck, nothing... In the meantime, I keep fishing out molly fry...AARGh..... I was in Toronto once and bought a GPS system to get around but I was still getting lost until I realized that it was a womans voice[i seem to be conditioned to ignore them] maybe trying to talk to your fish with a deeper voice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamesbarr Posted July 4, 2012 Report Share Posted July 4, 2012 wow, you love your bettas! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zigzag0213 Posted July 5, 2012 Report Share Posted July 5, 2012 best of luck Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishclubgirl Posted July 9, 2012 Author Report Share Posted July 9, 2012 An update; the betta mahachai fry are doing great and there's over 100. Have left mom and dad in there and they spawned again today. I have no spawns from betta splendens, bn plecos or blue angelfish but fished out more molly fry and spotted some girardinus fry in their tank today. AARGh...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishclubgirl Posted July 15, 2012 Author Report Share Posted July 15, 2012 Have been trying my luck with the mouthbrooding bettas like the albimarginata and they're all setup in the almond leaf extract, distilled water and getting bloodworms too. So far, he isn't holding.... but I look in b.ocellata species tank and there's fry...... I think I'll just ignore all the fish I want to spawn and concentrate on breeding guppies...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperGuppyGirl Posted July 16, 2012 Report Share Posted July 16, 2012 Had my albimgnatas and imbellis in a 30G for over a month with heat up and finally got a bubble nest now trying to get the girls in the mood :-o any tips you could pass along? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishclubgirl Posted July 17, 2012 Author Report Share Posted July 17, 2012 First off, albimarginatas are mouthbrooders and don't need the heat. Easiest way to breed them is to put a bunch in an unheated tank with lots of cover and plants. Look for males who are "holding" and put them into a breeding net with lots of plants. Or just leave them alone and look for fry along the surface. Imbellis breed like splendens and will build nests,etc. Best to put them into a separate breeding tank. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperGuppyGirl Posted July 17, 2012 Report Share Posted July 17, 2012 Thank you so much! The sites I hit online did not say that the Imbellis bred like splendens, was informed they were both mouthbrooders no wonder I am having no luck Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishclubgirl Posted July 24, 2012 Author Report Share Posted July 24, 2012 (edited) I just bred some imbellis(I think) and he's got a nice nest but it's quite interesting. He managed to build it under a submersed plastic plant leaf. There's definitely eggs in there too. I used the same setup I use for b. splendens(that doesn't seem to work for me......) except I put them in together right away. And SuperGuppyGirl, if you get another tank and your husband divorces you, think of all the time you'll have to do waterchanges and aquascaping... Edited July 24, 2012 by fishclubgirl Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperGuppyGirl Posted July 25, 2012 Report Share Posted July 25, 2012 (edited) Hahahaha I actually got around it, I bought a fish bowl used it as a vase for some flowers with some handy decorative gravel I had leftover from before I had sand, then after the flowers died I cleaned it out and left the rocks in it putting on the counter next to the B. Splendens and came home the other day to find a betta splenden female in it LOL! One of the guys at his work was actually taking it around to different camps with him, travelling with it in a cup, setting up its 3 gallon tank at every hotel since he didn't want to leave it with anyone but I guess the tank cracked as he was packing it and he got tired off dragging it around so hubby took it off his hands, does make me shake my head at some folks but my new girl has been the most well travelled albertan betta :eh: Edited July 25, 2012 by SuperGuppyGirl Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bandi Posted August 6, 2012 Report Share Posted August 6, 2012 That was an interesting read...I have a lot to learn about bettas. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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